Sirius XM's On Broadway channel debuts a new interview Aug. 16 as part of the "Broadway Names With Julie James“ series - featuring Richard Jay-Alexander, longtime concert director to Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand and Lea Salonga, among many others.

Jay-Alexander sits down with James for a no-holds-barred interview about his career, including working with iconic divas and being on the ground floor with some of Broadway’s longest-running hits. During the 75-minute chat, the pair talk about all aspects of the entertainment industry as well as Jay-Alexander’s roots in Syracuse, his decade-long tenure as executive director of the New York office of Cameron Mackintosh, where he helped develop musicals like Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, his years-long partnership creating stage shows and albums with Bernadette Peters and Barbra Streisand, and more.